Israel is trying to create an image that does not fit her as a racist and apartheid state.
Using the photograph of Mukarram AbuAlouf for a propaganda purposes by Israel, Miss
AbuAlouf rihts were violated. Israel is trying to tell the rest of the world that Gazans and IDF are just a happy family. Who can dispute this genuine smile by young Palestinian woman along with one IOF who may have killed many Palestinians and Gaza during her military tour of duty. Plus, could you believe that one member of most immoral army in the world is helping a young Palestinian lady by dragging her heavy luggage? Israel was founded in 1948, was built on stolen Palestinian lands and is based ever since on lies, theft and deception. Thank you Mondoweiss for posting the story of Mukarram AbuAlouf and good luck to her in her study in the good ol' USA.

Susan Abulhawa is the person responsible for putting smiles on the faces of Palestinian children in 58 Palestinian refugee camps in Palestine and throughout the neighboring Arab countries, through Play Ground for Palestine project. That is the reason the shithole in the Middle East denied Susan permit to enter her homeland in Palestine. No more aid to ISISrael!

Kathleen you make me laugh with your label of " Weapon of Mass Diplomacy deal". Nice way to put it. I am getting ready to call my Rep in Congress. I know GOP will do anything to kill the deal in the next 60 Days. Most of whom have already pledge allegiance to ISISrael and they take their marching orders from Tel Aviv.

Next time before you cast doubt on other people honesty and interiority, please do your homework. I see other distinguished commenters on this page have already provided you with more links to back up my claim.

First, Thank you Phil Weiss and Allison for excellent reporting.
Secondly, to answer Kay24 & eljay questions about those warmongers and puppets who oppose to a nuclear deal with Iran, I wrote this published letter few weeks ago.

Few days ago a 47 disloyal Republican Senators signed an open letter to Iran over the nuclear negotiation expressi ng their strong objection to US president policy and to any mutual agreement signed by him during his tenure. If undermining your president ability to conduct official business is not a treason, I do not know what is.

Why don't these Senators get out of the U.S. if they can't be loyal citizens and put America' s interest first instead of the interest of their campaign contributors?

Perhaps North Korea would be to their liking. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be happy to teach them a lesson about disloyalty and treason by having them thrown into a cage filled with starving dogs and eaten alive.

Lets not forget that Israeli air and sea forces attacked the USS Liberty in international waters off the coast of Egypt for two hours on August 8, 1967. This took place on midsummer day with raised American flags and large English letters painted on the ship. 34 sailors were killed and 174 injured.

On May 2012, the Iranian Navy foiled an attempted pirate attack on a US cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. The Iranian warship arrived following a distress call from the ship. The pirates fled upon the arrival of the Iranian Naval ship. No thanks to IsraHell!

Just for the record, Israel is reported to possess up to 300 nuclear missiles aimed at Arab and European capitals. Some can even hit US cities.Iran has no such weapons and has repeatedly said it does not wish to have them, this being in contravention of basic Islamic principles.

According to polls conducted in Western European countries about which countries poses threat to world peace, most Europeans picked up Israel as # 1, not Iran or North Korea.

P.M. Satanyahu should put it rest and abide by the rules of civilized nation instead of being the bully of the Middle East.

I wrote this letter few weeks ago in response to hatemongers and disloyal members of US Congress who betrayed their country by giving aid and comfort to a foreign nation (ISISrael) in opposition to the efforts of the Commander in Chief of the United States during Iran Nuclear Negoatiations.

Few days ago a 47 disloyal Republican Senators signed an open letter to Iran over the nuclear negotiation expressi ng their strong objection to US president policy and to any mutual agreement signed by him during his tenure. If undermining your president ability to conduct official business is not a treason, I do not know what is.

Why don't these Senators get out of the U.S. if they can't be loyal citizens and put America' s interest first instead of the interest of their campaign contributors?

Perhaps North Korea would be to their liking. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be happy to teach them a lesson about disloyalty and treason by having them thrown into a cage filled with starving dogs and eaten alive.

Israel has for the last eight years imposed an illegal and inhumane siege over 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza, causing unnecessary death, pain, and suffering. In contrast, Iran has sent aid and provided comfort to the besieged Palestinians — the very same thing America did to the Germans during the Berlin Airlift. It is time to boycott ISISrael!

Iran has not illegally developed nuclear weapons, whereas Israel has developed an illegal secret nuclear weapons program that has produced hundreds of nuclear warheads.

Iran has signed the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel has refused to sign it.
Israel was the first to introduce nuclear weapons to the M.E.
Warmongers like PM Satanyahu should suck it up and stop threating to bomb Iran every time the wind blow!

That is right ritzl! If a Saudi prince like Alwaleed Ben Talal offers a Bentley British luxury car to each of 100 Saudi fighter pilots following the killing 1000 Yemeni children, that would qualify him and his country as an evil, savages and barbarians.

I could add few more countries to your redefined list of Axis of evil!

@ bintbiba, I guess today is my lucky day. I was planning to write an article today about America's # 1 Islamopheob, US Rep. Peter King, but ended spending the whole day with you on this message board. I did enjoy reading two of Heike Schotten articles today as well.

The troll who called her princess is more than likely lives in an illegal Jewish settlement on the Israeli Occupied West Bank. She have shown no mercy or fraction of compassion when she talked about the killing n suffering of Palestinian, especially in Gaza, where .18 million living under illegal and inhumane siege imposed by both ISISreal and the Government of Gen. SISI,

Thank you Just and Bornajoo! For a while, I thought I was talking to myself and felt like I was a branch cut off a tree. I will not turn a request down from anyone who stands for peace and justice and supports free and independent Palestine. I think the only person on this page that I know is Miss Anne Ronbbins. Anne and I once lived in the same city and 2) I exchanged email with her regarding Rachel Corrie several years ago. I have to add this site is more pro Palestinians and more pro Muslims than all Arab news organizations combined.

I am all for free speech no matter how bigoted the views are. No one like being stabbed in the back. Instead being grateful to be a none Muslim writer for defending Islam and Muslims, princes Disgrace chose to insult the author and spit at her face. This is beyond me! Anyway, bad rubbish good ridden!

Back to the original article by Heike Schotten, I will never forget when Andrew Adler, "Atlanta Jewish Times" publisher and editor when he authored an article suggesting the need to "order a hit" on President Obama on Jan. 2012. He argued that the VP will take over and will allow Israel to wipe off her enemies. The day after, I called the US Secret Service, if Mr. Adler is arrested or and being investigated over his death threat on the President's life? The man on the phone, said in response, " Sir, this matter takes time!" End of the conversation. How many US citizens (Christians & Muslims) are serving time behind bars for making a phony threat on the president's life? Ask google! Heike Shcotten made a very valid argument about the hypocraciy and double standards that existed through our government when it comes to crimes and terrorism committed on US soil. This is beyond comprehension.

I agree whole heartedly with the author. Three years ago, I personally received a death threat over the phone hours after an article of mine published. It was titled, " attack Israel, not iran".
The call spoke with heavy British accent and made a direct threat on my life. I was able to record the 10 minutes phone call. Immediately called the police and reported to the local fbi office in my city. I did a search on the caller my self and found out he lives in Spokane, Washington and he has also threatened two other US citizens who were editors of pro Palestinianonline magazines. In addition, the editor of USS Liberty radio talk show was threatened by the same person in a Californian hotel in person. More could be read on subject by googling " adl death threat". The point I wanted to make is, when I contacted the fbi office again for an update, I was told don't call us , we will call you. As far as Department of Homeland Security which I also contacted, send me a note that they forwarded my info and complaint to Spokane District Attorney. This is nearly three years ago, and I have not get a call, or a message from any law enforcement agency I contacted. Forget I was a 20 year old retired veteran of the USAF. That made no difference. Israel and the Jewish lobby is holding our government by the throat. When it comes to Israel, all US public official from the president all the way down have not guts and they get jelly bean legs. Even SpongBob have more guts than them.

While reading Princess's comment, another princes name sprang in mind. That is princess Mariam of Bahrain royal family. She was a princess who fell in love with a US Marine stationed in Bahrain in 1999. He managed to sneak her out of the country illegally on a fake military document.

They get married in the US after she applied for political asylum. She claimed her life will be in danger if she returned home to her family. Two weeks after 9/11 attack, they split and she returned home. Luckily their short marriage did not produce any children. Their divorce was final in Los Vegas exactly on their Fifth wedding anniversary.

Last time I checked, Princess Mariam who disgraced her family and country and embarrassed the US Department of Defense was not murdered in so called honor killing upon her return, nor was she beheaded.

Commenter Princess gave aid and comfort to ISISrael. Plain and simple.

Hey princess Disgrace, I am Palestinian too living in the Zionist Occupied United States of America!

Speaking of non violent resistance, I feel you comment is an insult to the memories and sacrifices of Rachel Corrie, Tistan Anderson, Furkan Dogan, Tom HUrndall and Amy Henochowiczy who were either shot in cold blood by IOF and or maimed for life as in the case of Amy Henochowicz who lost one of her eyes during a peaceful protest in Jerusalem against Israel's naval raid on Gaza-bound Turkish Flotilla in 2010. A war crime and a massacre in which 10 peace activist lost their lives , including a 19 yrs. old American citizen Furkan Dogan.

You strike me as a troll who is getting paid by the Israeli Foreign Ministry for the sole purpose of sabotaging sites like this and to act as a mouth piece for the Israeli propaganda machine.

@ princess, If I was not fasting and fear to lose my good deeds and pick your bad one, I would have called you with more appropriate names. Palestinians have tendency not to use fake name and aliases when they speak out. Unless you have a legitimate reason to protect your safety and those of your loved one, such as Palestine Defense Minister "Abu Obeida".

Blaming Hamas for Israel war crime and genocide in Gaza last year is like blaming a woman for punching her rapist in the face.

This is what I call kosher reporting about the Israeli war crimes and genocide in Gaza. I don't want my tax dollars to support Israeli war crimes against Palestinians and the illegal and inhumane siege imposed on 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza by ISISrael and the Butcher of Egypt, Gen. SISI.

Israeli army social media official Sacha Dratwa is no different than his superiors. He does not know who butter his bread. Appology is order. I don't want my tax dollars to supprt creeps who mocks my president and degrade my country.

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